Telescopic lamp brush



Jan. 2, 1923.

J. CREATH. TELESCOPIC LAMP BRUSH.

FILED DEC. 15, 1921- //V VEN TOR 92%; A TTORNE Y Patented Jan. 2, 83 23. I

JOHN CREATE, F DUQUOIN, ILLINOIS.

TELESCOPIC LAMP BRUSH.

Application filed December 15, 1921. Serial No. 522,683.

To all whom it may concern: through these holes and extending the ends Be it known that 1, JOHN CREATH, a citioutwardly, after which a strip 8 is fastened zen of the United States, residing in the city to the edge of the head 4, over the doubled of Duquoin and State of Illinois, have inbristles, thus locking them firmly in place. 4 vented new and useful Improvements in Or any other method may be employed.

Telescopic Lamp Brushes, of which the fol- This invention provides a very handy delowing IS a specification, reference being had vice for cleaning miners carbide lamps. to the accompanying drawings. The brush may be inserted in the lamp while This invention is a telescopic brush for the bristles are withdrawn in the handle, 10 cleaning miners carbide lamps, and the obthus facilitating insertion. As the bristles ject is to provide a cleaning brush in a form are opened they spread sidewise, thus cleanwhich may be readily opened out for use or ing every corner of the bowl. Also any one closed up into a flat handle for conveniently of the wires may be used to clean the hole carrying in the pocket. in the flame tube. [5 In the drawings: While I have herein described a certain Figure 1 is a perspective view of the brush specific method of constructing and assemas opened out for use. bling the elements of my invention, it is Figure 2 is a similar view showing the understood that same may be varied in brush closed, minor details not departing from the spirit 30 Figure 3 is a detail showing the method of my invention as defined in the appended of attaching the wire bristles to the head. claim.

The invention embodies a flat tube 1 haw I claim:

ing a tapered nozzle 2 and a longitudinal A telescopic lamp brush, comprising a flat slot 3 in one side. A head 4 is slidingly tube having'a tapered nozzle and a longitu- 25 mounted within the tube 1 and a thumb dinal slot in one side: a head slidingly piece. 5 extends from this head out through mounted in the tube: a thumb piece extendthe slot A plurality of wire bristles 6 are ed from the head out. through the slot: and locked into the head 4 in flat formation. and a plurality of wire bristles locked in the these bristles are sprung or set with an outhead and extended out through the end of 30 ward curve or tendency at each side, as the fiat tube, said bristles being sprung or shown in Figure 1, so that when the brush set with an outward curve at each side so as is opened the bristles will spread out fanto open fan-like.

like ready for use. The bristles may be JOHN CREATH. locked to the head 4 in any convenient man- \Vitnesses: 35 ner. as by piercing the head with a plurality (LYDABELLE DAVIS,

of line holes 7 and then doubling wires B. W'. POPE. 

